{"id":7228,"date":"2017-03-24T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=7228"},"modified":"2017-02-17T08:29:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T16:29:27","slug":"isomorphic-javascript-searchable-less-bloated-web-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/isomorphic-javascript-searchable-less-bloated-web-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Isomorphic Javascript: Searchable, Less-Bloated Web Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isomorphic Javascript is a web development design choice that uses Javascript as the primary language no both client and server. \u00a0The use of Isomorphic Javascript allows code sharing between both the frontend and backend of the app.<\/p>\n

Isomorphic Javascript stands in contrast to the trend towards “Single Page” Javascript apps. \u00a0Single page apps tend to require a lot of Javascript code and are very large. \u00a0The initial downloads can be very slow and without running the Javascript code, search engines aren’t able to scan the web pages to determine and index content.<\/p>\n

The lifecycle of an Isomorphic Javascript app<\/a> is as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Server-side Javascript renders HTML and then delivers to the client<\/li>\n
  2. Client browser loads the HTML<\/li>\n
  3. Client-side Javascript loads and does a final bootstraps the application<\/li>\n
  4. Subsequent interactions on the page are primarily handled by client-side Javascript<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some of the advantages of Isomorphic Javascript include:<\/p>\n